FirstFewCustomers.com is a knowledge platform that attempts to demystify the startup selling process and to pave the shortest path to sales closures by featuring interviews of successful founders from multiple industries. The founders, in each article, will discuss the sales secrets of their early days on how they acquired their first few customers inspite of many odds they faced. The sales knowledge platform has more than 150 interviews so far.
Align with a strong partner for the first few sales with large enterprises

About Bala and Congruent Balaraman Jayaraman (Bala) began his journey at Congruent Solutions since 1999 after acquiring a part of the equity. He relocated to build the …

Practical Insights to sell enterprise software to early customers

  Ram Menon co-Founded Avaamo along with Sriram Chakravarthy in early 2014. In his 15 year stint at TIBCO, he was part of a team …

How Corporate360 started Varun Chandran founded Corporate360 in 2012 in Singapore. Varun comes from a technology selling background of close to a decade with companies …

Thought Leadership – Knowledge based Selling to build trust with your customers

  Dhruv Agarwala, Co-Founder of Proptiger.com grew up in Kolkata. He talks about “thought leadership” in one’s domain as a way to differentiate against competitors …

Thinking from a Client’s perspective and delivering ROI

How Convergytics started Randhir Hebbar co-founded Convergytics along with Sanjeev and Santosh. Randhir had an Engineering Degree from Bangalore University and an MBA from HKUST …

Convert your In-House projects into Products

Beginning of Ruby Software Joyce, Co-Founder of Ruby Software did his engineering from Mysore and moved to Bangalore to work with Tata Elxsi and then …

Convert all your failures into opportunities and succeed

Genesis of Cybage Arun talks about his experiences in his formative years in Founding and in shaping Cybage. He talks about the first few 1)Breaths …

Experiment Learn from Mistakes Improvise Scale out

 Sony Joy Co-Founded MOBME along with Sanjay Vijayakumar & Vivek Steve Francis back in 2006 when they were in their 3rd year of under-graduation in …

Want to be app only? Start sales and marketing early on

Gomathi Sankar co-founded Mocept along with Pranay Jha in 2013. Gomathi, an Engineering graduate from College of Engineering, Guindy, Chennai has a Masters Degree from …

Pivot Fast or Die Slow

Genesis of iTraveller Shiju Radhakrishnan Co Founded iTraveller along with Nisanth Kumar, Chitra Parija, Amit Singh, Rachna Kalra & Pooja Pande. Shiju did his MBA …

Scientific Analysis and Professional Selling to get your first few sales

Genesis of InstaHealth. Ramesh Emani Co-Founder & CEO InstaHealth, did his engineering from JNTU and his M.Tech from IIT Kanpur. Insta Health Solutions focusses on Hospital …

Differentiating with Services and with the Delivery Model to fight the biggies

Genesis of Mindtree Krishnakumar Natarajan (KK), Co-Founder of Mindtree did his education in Chennai. He did his BE in College of Engineering, Guindy and did …

Making online furniture buying experience, inspirational

CoFounder Mehul  Agrawal shares his journey of making FabFurnish.com India’s leading online home retailer. Read on.    “I always knew I’d start my own venture,” …

Sell by showing your genuineness as a founder to your customers

Kantanu Kundu Co-Founded A2ZApps. He was an ECE graduate from REC Kurukshetra. He began his career as a consultant and came to Mumbai and learnt …

Developing a product in a category that did not exist

Cubictree Story Hitesh Jirawla founded Cubictree in 2009. He began working from the age of 16 and the motivation came from his US-based uncle who …

Leverage your relationships with the existing customers to develop products

  Avnish Sharma Founded SysCraft in 2001. He started right out of college and the idea was to provide complete solutions under one roof. Avnish …

Customer-centric Approach to Sales and Implementation

  Deepak Belavadi Co-Founded SecurAX along with Prasanna Kumar Kotha and Praveen Gongireddy. They were colleagues at Infosys with inherent technology expertise. The idea arose …

Franchisee Business Do not limit your thoughts based on the resources you have at hand

  Alkesh Agarwal Co Founded Re-Feel Cartridge. He & Amit was in to the business of selling and maintaining IT Hardware and his brother joined …

Focus on Sales and meet lots of prospects to strategize the direction for your business

Abhishake Rungta Co-Founded NavSoft along with his wife Priyanka Rungta in 1999. Abhishake had an established business for a few years and wanted to start …

Known Networks open only the doors – The Product and the Founders should close the sale

Aditya Bhamidipaty co founded eMart Solutions in 2009. He is an Electronics and Communications Engineer from JNTU Hyderabad and a PGDM from IIM-A. Campus placement …

FirstFewCustomers.com is a knowledge platform that attempts to demystify the startup selling process and to pave the shortest path to sales closures by featuring interviews of successful founders from multiple industries. The founders, in each article, will discuss the sales secrets of their early days on how they acquired their first few customers inspite of many odds they faced. The sales knowledge platform has more than 150 interviews so far.
Align with a strong partner for the first few sales with large enterprises

About Bala and Congruent Balaraman Jayaraman (Bala) began his journey at Congruent Solutions since 1999 after acquiring a part of the equity. He relocated to build the …

Practical Insights to sell enterprise software to early customers

  Ram Menon co-Founded Avaamo along with Sriram Chakravarthy in early 2014. In his 15 year stint at TIBCO, he was part of a team …

How Corporate360 started Varun Chandran founded Corporate360 in 2012 in Singapore. Varun comes from a technology selling background of close to a decade with companies …

Thought Leadership – Knowledge based Selling to build trust with your customers

  Dhruv Agarwala, Co-Founder of Proptiger.com grew up in Kolkata. He talks about “thought leadership” in one’s domain as a way to differentiate against competitors …

Thinking from a Client’s perspective and delivering ROI

How Convergytics started Randhir Hebbar co-founded Convergytics along with Sanjeev and Santosh. Randhir had an Engineering Degree from Bangalore University and an MBA from HKUST …

Convert your In-House projects into Products

Beginning of Ruby Software Joyce, Co-Founder of Ruby Software did his engineering from Mysore and moved to Bangalore to work with Tata Elxsi and then …

Convert all your failures into opportunities and succeed

Genesis of Cybage Arun talks about his experiences in his formative years in Founding and in shaping Cybage. He talks about the first few 1)Breaths …

Experiment Learn from Mistakes Improvise Scale out

 Sony Joy Co-Founded MOBME along with Sanjay Vijayakumar & Vivek Steve Francis back in 2006 when they were in their 3rd year of under-graduation in …

Want to be app only? Start sales and marketing early on

Gomathi Sankar co-founded Mocept along with Pranay Jha in 2013. Gomathi, an Engineering graduate from College of Engineering, Guindy, Chennai has a Masters Degree from …

Pivot Fast or Die Slow

Genesis of iTraveller Shiju Radhakrishnan Co Founded iTraveller along with Nisanth Kumar, Chitra Parija, Amit Singh, Rachna Kalra & Pooja Pande. Shiju did his MBA …

Scientific Analysis and Professional Selling to get your first few sales

Genesis of InstaHealth. Ramesh Emani Co-Founder & CEO InstaHealth, did his engineering from JNTU and his M.Tech from IIT Kanpur. Insta Health Solutions focusses on Hospital …

Differentiating with Services and with the Delivery Model to fight the biggies

Genesis of Mindtree Krishnakumar Natarajan (KK), Co-Founder of Mindtree did his education in Chennai. He did his BE in College of Engineering, Guindy and did …

Making online furniture buying experience, inspirational

CoFounder Mehul  Agrawal shares his journey of making FabFurnish.com India’s leading online home retailer. Read on.    “I always knew I’d start my own venture,” …

Sell by showing your genuineness as a founder to your customers

Kantanu Kundu Co-Founded A2ZApps. He was an ECE graduate from REC Kurukshetra. He began his career as a consultant and came to Mumbai and learnt …

Developing a product in a category that did not exist

Cubictree Story Hitesh Jirawla founded Cubictree in 2009. He began working from the age of 16 and the motivation came from his US-based uncle who …

Leverage your relationships with the existing customers to develop products

  Avnish Sharma Founded SysCraft in 2001. He started right out of college and the idea was to provide complete solutions under one roof. Avnish …

Customer-centric Approach to Sales and Implementation

  Deepak Belavadi Co-Founded SecurAX along with Prasanna Kumar Kotha and Praveen Gongireddy. They were colleagues at Infosys with inherent technology expertise. The idea arose …

Franchisee Business Do not limit your thoughts based on the resources you have at hand

  Alkesh Agarwal Co Founded Re-Feel Cartridge. He & Amit was in to the business of selling and maintaining IT Hardware and his brother joined …

Focus on Sales and meet lots of prospects to strategize the direction for your business

Abhishake Rungta Co-Founded NavSoft along with his wife Priyanka Rungta in 1999. Abhishake had an established business for a few years and wanted to start …

Known Networks open only the doors – The Product and the Founders should close the sale

Aditya Bhamidipaty co founded eMart Solutions in 2009. He is an Electronics and Communications Engineer from JNTU Hyderabad and a PGDM from IIM-A. Campus placement …